Tartous, Oct. 19 (SANA) The Anti-Narcotics branch in Tartous province dismantled a cell active in drug trafficking in al-Mintar village in Tartous countryside and arrested all eight of its members following monitoring and surveillance operations, the Drug Enforcement Department said Monday.
The operation involved an armed clash during the pursuit of the cell members, resulting in two of them being injured. Both were transferred to hospital for treatment under guard and are in stable condition, the department said on its Telegram channel.
The operation resulted in the seizure of 86 bundles of hashish weighing a total of 15.8 kilograms, 14,000 Captagon pills, two pistols, live ammunition and Hytera wireless communication devices.
On Sunday, the Drug Enforcement Department, in cooperation with the Road Security Department, foiled an attempt to smuggle 260 kilograms of hashish in Aleppo province. On Oct. 12, the Anti-Narcotics branch in Homs seized 250,000 Captagon pills and arrested two suspects following a report of suspicious vehicle movements at an abandoned farm in the province’s southern countryside.
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